叟
叟
sǒu
old gentleman; old man
Character Breakdown
Radical: 又 (no. 29)
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- old gentleman
- old man
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 叟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 乔叟 | Qiáo sǒu | Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2] | |
| 老叟 | lǎo sǒu | old man | |
| 北叟失马 | běi sǒu shī mǎ | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) | |
| 童叟无欺 | tóng sǒu wú qī | cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously | |
| 野叟曝言 | Yě sǒu Pù yán | Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia4 Jing4 qu2] | |
| 杰弗里·乔叟 | Jié fú lǐ · Qiáo sǒu | Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2] |
Related Words
仁人志士(rén rén zhì shì)— gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
→以小人之心,度君子之腹(yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù)— to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
→古琴(gǔ qín)— guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum
→君(jūn)— monarch
→HSK & Exam Info
This word is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists.